Critical Economic Literacy

Much of our global crises have economic roots, it is imperative that some level of economic literacy (not just financial literacy) should be part of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) such that our efforts are not only mitigating the negative effects of bad Economics but questioning the Economic stories we are sold. The crucial step is to help promote Critical Economic Literacy (CEL) in teachers. CEL seeks to give teachers a better grasp of how pervasive economic theories and policies work, and to equip them with analytical tools to critique the Economics that inevitably show up in our different subject fields. As teachers have more CEL, they are then in turn able to teach and create learning experiences that nurture students to mature in Global Citizenship. particularly in their ability to think critically about the Economics at work in and around them and how these have local, national and global interdependence and impacts.